John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding application for a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when the project will progress to the next stage of the process; and when construction of the new school will commence. [5480/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme.

The next stage involves the preparation of the project brief. This is part of the preparatory work required to facilitate the progression of the project into the architectural planning process and my Department will be in further contact with the school in this regard.

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when commencement of a new building for a school (details supplied) will take place. [5519/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The major building project for the school referred to by the deputy has reached an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b), which includes the pre-qualification of contractors and the preparation of tender documents.

In May 2017, my Department gave approval to the school authorities to have their Design Team commence the process of Pre-Qualification of Contractors. The Design Team has informed my Department that this process is now complete.

The Design Team has also informed that it is currently working on completing a revised Stage 2 (b) submission which it expects to submit for review by my Department shortly.  Upon review of the revised submission, my Department will revert to the school with a timeframe for progression of the project to tender stage.